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Georgia soil by county

Across Georgia's mapped land, shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 3% and a shallow water table limits basements on 40%.

Highest clay shares: Glynn County (30%), McIntosh County (25%), Camden County (23%), Taliaferro County (18%), Catoosa County (18%). Highest water-table shares: Clinch County (over 99%), Charlton County (99%), Ware County (98%), Brantley County (96%), Echols County (94%).

Data as of September 22, 2026 · 159 counties

Appling County: 0%Atkinson County: 0%Bacon County: 0%Baker County: 2%Baldwin County: 6%Banks County: 0%Barrow County: 0%Bartow County: 0%Ben Hill County: 2%Berrien County: 0%Bibb County: 6%Bleckley County: 1%Brantley County: 0%Brooks County: 0%Bryan County: 9%Bulloch County: 0%Burke County: 0%Butts County: 0%Calhoun County: 1%Camden County: 23%Candler County: 0%Carroll County: 0%Catoosa County: 18%Charlton County: 1%Chatham County: 8%Chattahoochee County: 0%Chattooga County: 5%Cherokee County: 0%Clarke County: 0%Clay County: 0%Clayton County: 0%Clinch County: 0%Cobb County: 1%Coffee County: 0%Colquitt County: 0%Columbia County: 7%Cook County: 0%Coweta County: 0%Crawford County: 16%Crisp County: 0%Dade County: 6%Dawson County: 0%Decatur County: 0%DeKalb County: 0%Dodge County: 1%Dooly County: 1%Dougherty County: 9%Douglas County: 0%Early County: 3%Echols County: 1%Effingham County: 2%Elbert County: 12%Emanuel County: 6%Evans County: 0%Fannin County: 0%Fayette County: 0%Floyd County: 9%Forsyth County: 0%Franklin County: 0%Fulton County: 0%Gilmer County: 0%Glascock County: 0%Glynn County: 30%Gordon County: 6%Grady County: 0%Greene County: 7%Gwinnett County: 0%Habersham County: 0%Hall County: 0%Hancock County: 7%Haralson County: 0%Harris County: 1%Hart County: 0%Heard County: 0%Henry County: 0%Houston County: 6%Irwin County: 0%Jackson County: 0%Jasper County: 3%Jeff Davis County: 0%Jefferson County: 1%Jenkins County: 9%Johnson County: 2%Jones County: 3%Lamar County: 0%Lanier County: 0%Laurens County: 2%Lee County: 0%Liberty County: 16%Lincoln County: 8%Long County: 6%Lowndes County: 0%Lumpkin County: 0%Macon County: 2%Madison County: 0%Marion County: 0%McDuffie County: 2%McIntosh County: 25%Meriwether County: 0%Miller County: 3%Mitchell County: 2%Monroe County: 2%Montgomery County: 0%Morgan County: 0%Murray County: 4%Muscogee County: 1%Newton County: 0%Oconee County: 0%Oglethorpe County: 6%Paulding County: 0%Peach County: 0%Pickens County: 0%Pierce County: 0%Pike County: 0%Polk County: 1%Pulaski County: 4%Putnam County: 4%Quitman County: 0%Rabun County: 0%Randolph County: 0%Richmond County: 1%Rockdale County: 0%Schley County: 0%Screven County: 0%Seminole County: 0%Spalding County: 3%Stephens County: 0%Stewart County: 0%Sumter County: 0%Talbot County: 2%Taliaferro County: 18%Tattnall County: 1%Taylor County: 2%Telfair County: 1%Terrell County: 0%Thomas County: 0%Tift County: 0%Toombs County: 0%Towns County: 0%Treutlen County: 4%Troup County: 0%Turner County: 0%Twiggs County: 6%Union County: 0%Upson County: 3%Walker County: 7%Walton County: 1%Ware County: 0%Warren County: 3%Washington County: 1%Wayne County: 0%Webster County: 0%Wheeler County: 0%White County: 0%Whitfield County: 6%Wilcox County: 5%Wilkes County: 6%Wilkinson County: 3%Worth County: 2%
Expansive clay: share of mapped land where shrink-swell clay limits houses without basementsunder 10%10-25%25-40%40-60%60%+
Appling County: 75%Atkinson County: 84%Bacon County: 82%Baker County: 33%Baldwin County: 15%Banks County: 11%Barrow County: 8%Bartow County: 18%Ben Hill County: 50%Berrien County: 73%Bibb County: 22%Bleckley County: 50%Brantley County: 96%Brooks County: 63%Bryan County: 89%Bulloch County: 76%Burke County: 53%Butts County: 13%Calhoun County: 39%Camden County: 92%Candler County: 58%Carroll County: 12%Catoosa County: 22%Charlton County: 99%Chatham County: 54%Chattahoochee County: 12%Chattooga County: 31%Cherokee County: 8%Clarke County: 8%Clay County: 13%Clayton County: 12%Clinch County: 100%Cobb County: 12%Coffee County: 63%Colquitt County: 55%Columbia County: 12%Cook County: 68%Coweta County: 14%Crawford County: 17%Crisp County: 49%Dade County: 7%Dawson County: 7%Decatur County: 37%DeKalb County: 9%Dodge County: 50%Dooly County: 52%Dougherty County: 42%Douglas County: 10%Early County: 36%Echols County: 94%Effingham County: 92%Elbert County: 19%Emanuel County: 54%Evans County: 73%Fannin County: 4%Fayette County: 12%Floyd County: 33%Forsyth County: 8%Franklin County: 10%Fulton County: 11%Gilmer County: 6%Glascock County: 30%Glynn County: 87%Gordon County: 23%Grady County: 46%Greene County: 28%Gwinnett County: 16%Habersham County: 8%Hall County: 5%Hancock County: 41%Haralson County: 12%Harris County: 13%Hart County: 6%Heard County: 12%Henry County: 9%Houston County: 20%Irwin County: 57%Jackson County: 10%Jasper County: 10%Jeff Davis County: 70%Jefferson County: 41%Jenkins County: 65%Johnson County: 50%Jones County: 10%Lamar County: 12%Lanier County: 82%Laurens County: 50%Lee County: 54%Liberty County: 89%Lincoln County: 10%Long County: 89%Lowndes County: 71%Lumpkin County: 7%Macon County: 41%Madison County: 8%Marion County: 11%McDuffie County: 13%McIntosh County: 81%Meriwether County: 15%Miller County: 64%Mitchell County: 35%Monroe County: 14%Montgomery County: 50%Morgan County: 14%Murray County: 18%Muscogee County: 28%Newton County: 12%Oconee County: 8%Oglethorpe County: 10%Paulding County: 8%Peach County: 17%Pickens County: 7%Pierce County: 87%Pike County: 15%Polk County: 28%Pulaski County: 50%Putnam County: 11%Quitman County: 18%Rabun County: 4%Randolph County: 11%Richmond County: 26%Rockdale County: 9%Schley County: 12%Screven County: 70%Seminole County: 51%Spalding County: 17%Stephens County: 9%Stewart County: 17%Sumter County: 39%Talbot County: 15%Taliaferro County: 55%Tattnall County: 71%Taylor County: 10%Telfair County: 61%Terrell County: 44%Thomas County: 53%Tift County: 53%Toombs County: 50%Towns County: 6%Treutlen County: 51%Troup County: 11%Turner County: 41%Twiggs County: 26%Union County: 6%Upson County: 10%Walker County: 21%Walton County: 12%Ware County: 98%Warren County: 12%Washington County: 35%Wayne County: 85%Webster County: 20%Wheeler County: 54%White County: 8%Whitfield County: 33%Wilcox County: 55%Wilkes County: 10%Wilkinson County: 29%Worth County: 51%
High water table: share of mapped land where a shallow water table limits basementsunder 10%10-25%25-40%40-60%60%+

Every county in Georgia

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Appling County 0% 75% 72% 12 1986
Atkinson County 0% 84% 7% 0 1989
Bacon County 0% 82% 87% 1 1979
Baker County 2% 33% 33% 9 1978
Baldwin County 6% 15% 85% 1 1987
Banks County 0% 11% 0% 1 1993
Barrow County 0% 8% 0% 4 2001
Bartow County 0% 18% 32% 21 1994
Ben Hill County 2% 50% 0% 2 1981
Berrien County 0% 73% 23% 5 1989
Bibb County 6% 22% 99% 56 1977
Bleckley County 1% 50% 6% 1 1984
Brantley County under 1% 96% 68% 4 1995
Brooks County 0% 63% 74% 6 1987
Bryan County 9% 89% 10% 191 2005
Bulloch County under 1% 76% 16% 96 1995
Burke County under 1% 53% 0% 2 1982
Butts County under 1% 13% 84% 25 1994
Calhoun County 1% 39% 0% 0 1978
Camden County 23% 92% 0% 218 1995
Candler County 0% 58% 0% 5 1987
Carroll County under 1% 12% 8% 9 1991
Catoosa County 18% 22% 74% 79 1993
Charlton County 1% 99% 0% 7 1987
Chatham County 8% 54% 24% 2,100 1986
Chattahoochee County 0% 12% 0% 0 1981
Chattooga County 5% 31% 3% 6 1976
Cherokee County under 1% 8% 67% 16 2001
Clarke County 0% 8% 79% 14 1987
Clay County under 1% 13% 0% 0 1988
Clayton County 0% 12% 27% 73 1989
Clinch County under 1% over 99% 4% 2 1980
Cobb County 1% 12% 0% 335 1990
Coffee County 0% 63% 10% 20 1989
Colquitt County 0% 55% 16% 10 1986
Columbia County 7% 12% 24% 95 1999
Cook County 0% 68% 56% 3 1985
Coweta County 0% 14% 81% 11 1999
Crawford County 16% 17% 58% 0 1993
Crisp County 0% 49% 28% 45 1984
Dade County 6% 7% 100% 2 1987
Dawson County 0% 7% 68% 0 1999
DeKalb County under 1% 9% 0% 334 1984
Decatur County under 1% 37% 36% 8 1986
Dodge County 1% 50% 0% 1 1983
Dooly County 1% 52% 68% 7 1983
Dougherty County 9% 42% 0% 71 1975
Douglas County under 1% 10% 0% 19 1996
Early County 3% 36% 0% 7 1986
Echols County 1% 94% 0% 1 1992
Effingham County 2% 92% 100% 49 2001
Elbert County 12% 19% 100% 0 1979
Emanuel County 6% 54% 0% 3 1982
Evans County 0% 73% 9% 6 1985
Fannin County 0% 4% 0% 33 1996
Fayette County 0% 12% 73% 51 1993
Floyd County 9% 33% 0% 27 1978
Forsyth County under 1% 8% 8% 27 2004
Franklin County under 1% 10% 29% 0 1989
Fulton County under 1% 11% 0% 640 1993
Gilmer County 0% 6% 0% 20 1998
Glascock County under 1% 30% 0% 0 1985
Glynn County 30% 87% 0% 1,322 1988
Gordon County 6% 23% 0% 19 1987
Grady County 0% 46% 68% 1 1991
Greene County 7% 28% 100% 2 1997
Gwinnett County under 1% 16% 0% 99 1996
Habersham County 0% 8% 18% 16 1992
Hall County 0% 5% 36% 13 1996
Hancock County 7% 41% 79% 0 1990
Haralson County under 1% 12% 0% 0 1989
Harris County 1% 13% 0% 3 1997
Hart County 0% 6% 100% 0 1987
Heard County 0% 12% 97% 0 1985
Henry County 0% 9% 36% 44 2001
Houston County 6% 20% 95% 34 1994
Irwin County under 1% 57% 0% 1 1982
Jackson County 0% 10% 2% 3 2002
Jasper County 3% 10% 100% 3 1992
Jeff Davis County 0% 70% 0% 6 1986
Jefferson County 1% 41% 12% 1 1981
Jenkins County 9% 65% 0% 2 1979
Johnson County 2% 50% 0% 1 1985
Jones County 3% 10% 44% 2 1991
Lamar County under 1% 12% 100% 4 1988
Lanier County 0% 82% 84% 5 1996
Laurens County 2% 50% 0% 7 1989
Lee County 0% 54% 0% 76 1998
Liberty County 16% 89% 22% 126 1994
Lincoln County 8% 10% 99% 0 1984
Long County 6% 89% 83% 16 1998
Lowndes County 0% 71% 29% 62 1993
Lumpkin County 0% 7% 13% 9 1998
Macon County 2% 41% 0% 0 1978
Madison County under 1% 8% 90% 1 1990
Marion County 0% 11% 0% 0 1993
McDuffie County 2% 13% 66% 1 1985
McIntosh County 25% 81% 0% 53 1997
Meriwether County under 1% 15% 73% 0 1983
Miller County 3% 64% 20% 2 1979
Mitchell County 2% 35% 80% 15 1978
Monroe County 2% 14% 100% 15 1995
Montgomery County 0% 50% 0% 13 1989
Morgan County under 1% 14% 99% 1 1994
Murray County 4% 18% 0% 11 1993
Muscogee County 1% 28% 0% 46 1978
Newton County 0% 12% 21% 16 1999
Oconee County 0% 8% 56% 3 1998
Oglethorpe County 6% 10% 100% 0 1990
Paulding County under 1% 8% 0% 11 2002
Peach County under 1% 17% 66% 4 1987
Pickens County 0% 7% 46% 7 1996
Pierce County 0% 87% 100% 2 1990
Pike County 0% 15% 100% 1 1994
Polk County 1% 28% 0% 19 1983
Pulaski County 4% 50% 22% 3 1984
Putnam County 4% 11% 100% 2 1992
Quitman County 0% 18% 0% 0 1986
Rabun County 0% 4% 82% 13 1988
Randolph County 0% 11% 0% 1 1983
Richmond County 1% 26% 0% 142 1980
Rockdale County 0% 9% 0% 16 1990
Schley County 0% 12% 0% 0 1991
Screven County 0% 70% 54% 5 1982
Seminole County under 1% 51% 0% 15 1981
Spalding County 3% 17% 100% 9 1985
Stephens County 0% 9% 0% 3 1983
Stewart County 0% 17% 0% 0 1987
Sumter County 0% 39% 0% 5 1981
Talbot County 2% 15% 0% 1 1986
Taliaferro County 18% 55% 100% 0 1975
Tattnall County 1% 71% 69% 16 1987
Taylor County 2% 10% 0% 2 1986
Telfair County 1% 61% 0% 0 1979
Terrell County 0% 44% 0% 3 1979
Thomas County 0% 53% 65% 11 1987
Tift County 0% 53% 0% 15 1984
Toombs County 0% 50% 5% 16 1984
Towns County 0% 6% 3% 17 1995
Treutlen County 4% 51% 0% 0 1990
Troup County 0% 11% 75% 17 1986
Turner County 0% 41% 0% 1 1977
Twiggs County 6% 26% 40% 0 1984
Union County 0% 6% 0% 27 1995
Upson County 3% 10% 61% 6 1977
Walker County 7% 21% 83% 8 1978
Walton County 1% 12% 3% 10 1997
Ware County 0% 98% 52% 14 1978
Warren County 3% 12% 72% 0 1977
Washington County 1% 35% 59% 10 1979
Wayne County under 1% 85% 67% 1 1989
Webster County 0% 20% 0% 0 1987
Wheeler County 0% 54% 0% 5 1987
White County 0% 8% 21% 30 1994
Whitfield County 6% 33% 5% 19 1987
Wilcox County 5% 55% 0% 0 1979
Wilkes County 6% 10% 100% 0 1977
Wilkinson County 3% 29% 7% 0 1982
Worth County 2% 51% 0% 2 1985

How these shares are counted

Shares are of mapped land in USDA's soil survey (SSURGO), weighted by each soil's share of every map unit. Drought is the US Drought Monitor's D1-or-worse share on the September 22, 2026 map. Flood losses are FEMA NFIP records since 2016. Sources and methods.